Elvestad is a well-known traffic junction area and a village in the
Hobøl municipality in the
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
county,
Norway
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. It is where the "Riksvei" (
country road route) 120 and
Europe Way (
European route
The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Central ...
)
E18 cross each other.
Riksvei 120 goes between
Gardermoen airport via
Gjerdrum municipality (and then
Lillestrøm City) in the
Akershus
Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...
county and
Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
City in the
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
county.
Elvestad is the administrative centre of
Hobøl municipality (even if it is the least populus centre in ''Hobøl''), because the municipality house is placed just by the intersection area of the national main routes ''E18'' / ''Riksvei'' 120.
Elvestad is host to the municipality administration and an Asylum-Seeker Centre. Topographically it is situated in a small valley that is around two kilometers wide at the widest point.
Municipality
Hobøl is one of 10 municipalities which, due to their geographical placement miles away from the fjord / coast line, can be put into the area of
Indre Østfold (Inner
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
, the part of
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
which do not have fjord or coast line), while those areas of
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
who have fjord / coast line (
Moss
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Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal ...
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Sarpsborg
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Sarpsbor ...
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Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a List of cities in Norway, town and a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, R ...
etc.) are called
Ytre Østfold
Ytre Østfold is the "outer" area of Østfold county (Norway) that has a fjord or coastal line, or is a part of the hughe city area in the southern part of the county. (also known as the Nedre Glomma region because it is at the end of Norway's lo ...
(Outer
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
) and
Nedre Glommaregionen (Lower
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the river r ...
Region).
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the river r ...
is the longest river in
Norway
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and
Scandinavia
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.
Derivation of name
The word ''elv'' is Norwegian for
River
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and ''stad'' is Norwegian for
Place
Place may refer to:
Geography
* Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population
** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government
* "Place", a type of street or road name
** Of ...
, and the name Elvestad probably got its name from the river
Hobølelva
Hobølelva is a river rising in Sværsvann in Oslo, until joining Lake Vansjø in Østfold. Hobølelva is the largest of the four tributaries of Vansjø, and flows into Vansjø at an average of .
Rivers of Oslo
Rivers of Norway
{{Norway-riv ...
, that follows the national road route
Riksvei 120 some kilometers and together with this road route crosses
E18 at the Elvestad intersection.
External links
Hobøl Kommune
Villages in Østfold
Populated places on the Glomma River
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